Dutch Leader’s Call for European Unity Masks the Real Lesson from Trump’s Greenland Strategy

In the corridors of power in The Hague, Dutch political leader Rob Jetten is positioning himself as the architect of a “strengthened” European future. His reaction to former President Donald Trump’s interest in Greenland—a strategic territory tied to NATO ally Denmark—was clear: it’s a “wake-up call” for Europe to pull together and depend less on the United States.Is Europe Ignoring the Real Source of Security?Jetten’s diagnosis is familiar among European elites: Washington’s transactional approach proves unreliable, so Brussels must boost its own defenses and economic cooperation. Yet what does this stance mean for American interests? When U.S. leaders like Trump...